Cotton-picker.



"G. BUTENSCHOBN.

COTTON PIOKER. I APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, 19-11 1 047,164,PatentedQec. 17,1912;

' George .Bukqwdhoen.

UNITED enoitsn aurnnsononn, or pavement, r'owa;

' corroi rIcKER,

' Spei iification of Letters Patent-' Patented Dec.'17, 1912 Applicationfiled December 20, 1911. Srial'No. 666,913.

To all whom it may conccrnl' Be it known that I, GEORGE, BurialssoHoEN,a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton- Pickers, ofwhich the followingis a specification, reference being? had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in cotton pickersand more particularly to a pneumatic apparatus for conveying the cottonwhen picked from the plant to a receptacle carried by the operator, andmy object is to provide a device of this character which may bereadilyand quickly applied to the body of the operator to be carried from placeto place.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a flexible backplate or the like which may be readily applied to the back of theoperator and which carries a suction fan by which the cotton may beconveyed, after being picked, to a receptacle.

also carried on this flexible plate.

A still further object resides in provid ing a device which is extremelysimple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and onewhich is very ellicient and useful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in thenovel. features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in thespecification-and claim,

In the accompanying drawing forminga part of this application, Figure 1is a perspective view showing the device applied to the back of anoperator. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same showing thearrangement of the straps and buckling means for the application of thesame to the body, and Fig. 3 is a Vertical section through the casingcarryingthe suction fan.

In describing-my invention, I shall refer to the drawing in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in whic h- 1 indicates a flexible plate of anydesired 7 size which is adapted to fit the back of an operator, saidplate being formed preferably of leather, and secured to the lower endsof the same at opposite sides, are the belt straps 2 and 3,respectively, which are adapted to be drawn around the waist oft-he'wearerand secured together means of a buckle or the like 4:.Engaged with the plate lat opposite sides of its upper end,

are the shoulder straps 5 and 6 which are adapted to extend over theopposite shouL ders of the wearer to be engaged with the belt straps 2and 3, by means of the bucklesi 7, and it will be seen that when thesewaist and shoulder straps are properly applied, the plate will besecurely held on the back of the operator A casing 8 is riveted 'orotherwise secured to the upper portion of theplate l at the points 9,said" casing having 'revolubly mounted therein, the usual oranyprefe'rred form ofsuction fan 10, and a compartment 11 formed in the.upper portion of the casing' has extending from opposite-sides thereof,the tubular arms 12 and 13. This compartment 11 formed in the casing 8,is divided from the compartment containing the fan 10 by means of ascreening material 14, permit-ting" only air to pass therethrough, andthe one tubular arm 13 has connected therewith, 'a flexible tubularconnection 15 which is adapted to extend over the one shoulder of theoperator having the free end thereof provided with an enlarged nozzlearrangement 16,, while the other tubular portion112 is connected bymeans of a flexible connection 17 to a receptacle 18 also carried on theplate 1. This receptacle may be of wood, metal, leather or of any otherdesired material, whatsoever, and from this construction, it will beseen that as the fan;

is rotated to cause a-suetion in the compartment 11, all matter wit-l1which the nozzle 16 comes in contact, will be drawn through the flexibleconnection 15 into the compartment 11, from where it will be conductedto the receptacle l8-through the inedium'of the flexible connection 17.{One end of the re ceptacle 18 is provided with the perforations 18,which-are too small to permit the passage of the cotton, but which arevlarge enough to allow the escape of the air which is forced into thereceptacle by the fan.

In order to provide means for the operation of the suction fan 10, Iprovide a storage battery 19 (which is adapted to be carried in a pocketor the like 20 formed on theone belt strap 2. The wires 21 from thisbattery may be readily extended over the shoulder of the operator nothaving the connection 15 thereover, said wires having connection withthe usual motor of the fan,

- thfough the fields, picks the cotton cells,

whereby it Willhe ep precistetl that the tievice may be readily set inoperation and continued or discontinued at the will of the operator. 7

In operation,- after the device has been. properly appliel to theooclyof the person, and the tubular connection disposed over the one shoulderof the. cotton picker so that the nozzle 16 at the free'end thereof,it?! is dispose at the Wrist or hand of the picker, the ten may be setin operation,

whereupon it Will be seen that the suction Will CfiillSfi till articleswith which the nozzle comes'in contact',.to he passedinto the receptacle 1 The picker then walking end, in applying the nozzle incontact With the picked cotton, causes the latter to he di'cwnnndconveyed to the receptacle 18. This inay he continued 'until therecepteclehns become filled, whereupon the SELIHG may-lee emptiedandfthe operation continueti.

From the foregoing, .itwill be seen that l have provitleol an improyeclcotton picker,

"which apparatus is designei to automaticelly convey the picked cottoninto it receptecl'e cortical, by the operate! on picker, I It willfurther be seen that ltlheve ni'ovzcied. 3

device which may be readily earned the body of the picker WithoutCiLUSlll -y unnecesse r strain, the same being extremely light inconstruction and compact in tot-2n, and it Willfu'rt-her be seen thatthe sense is hoclyoi any person dcsiri signsture in the so (i651 as tobe readily he use of: the some. Furthermore, it will i e sccn tlmt thetlcvicc is one which is extremely simple and durable in construction,ii1c. 1 c.nsivo to manufacture, and one which will. he very efficientenduseful in operation.

What 1' claim is:-

An apparatus of the class (lescrihetl, com.- prising a flexible plate, aplurality of straps curried thereby adopted to be disposed 41-" aroundthe Waist and, over the shoulders of the operator, o.v casing czii'tictlon said plate, escreening device lisposed in said casing dividing thesome into a pair of computments, 2, suction tun disposed in one of thereach of the operator.

in testimony whereof I hereunto viii): my" presence of t to Witnesses.

GEORGE BUTEN SCHGEK. Witnesses H. I OE'JJZMANN, Cit-nines H. QQHLAPF.

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